Additive maps on standard operator algebras preserving parts of the spectrum. (Q1399391)

It has been proved by \textit{A. A. Jafarian} and \textit{A. R. Sourour} [J. Funct. Anal. 66, 255--261 (1986; Zbl 0589.47003)] that a surjective linear map preserving the spectrum from \({\mathcal B}(X)\) onto \({\mathcal B}(Y)\) is either an isomorphism or an anti-isomorphism, where \(X\) and \(Y\) are infinite-dimensional Banach spaces. This result was extended by \textit{B. Aupetit} and \textit{H. du T. Mouton} [Stud. Math. 109, 91--100 (1994; Zbl 0829.46039)] to primitive Banach algebras with minimal ideals, and by the authors to spectrum compressing linear maps [A characterization of homomorphisms between Banach algebras, Acta Math. Sinica, to appear]. In the paper under review, the authors improve the previous results in two ways: they consider maps between standard operator algebras (closed subalgebras of the algebra of all bounded operators acting on a Banach space that contain the identity and the ideal of finite rank operators); and instead of the spectrum they consider a variety of parts of it. The main result shows that, given any unital additive surjection between standard operator algebras on infinite dimensional complex Banach spaces, there are thirteen different parts of the spectrum (not all disjoint) such that it is enough for the map to preserve one of those parts to guarantee that the map is either an isomorphism or an anti-isomorphism.